title: [Blood morphology in elderly persons over 90 years old].
abstract: In order to assess blood cell count in a late senescence we examined 56 persons (44 women and 12 men) in age 90-99, in a good condition. Over 70% of obtained results were in normal range. The most frequent abnormalities were: anemia (28.6%), leukopenia < 4,000 in 1 mm3 16.1%, thrombocytopenia < 125,000 in 1 mm3 -10.7% of subjects. In a white blood count low value of rod neutrophils and monocytes were found. The results show that the haematological diagnosis in elderly does not require any special references intervals.
authors.affiliation: Katedry Geronotologii i Medycyny Rodzinnej Collegium Medicum, Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego w Krakowie.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Michalska
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Potocka-Płazak
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kocemba
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Latała
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged / Q000502:physiology*; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000375:Aging / Q000097:blood*; D000740:Anemia / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis; D001772:Blood Cell Count; D005260:Female; D006402:Hematologic Diseases / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis; D006454:Hemoglobins / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D007501:Iron / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D012016:Reference Values; D013921:Thrombocytopenia / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis
chemical_list: D006454:Hemoglobins; D007501:Iron
vernacular_title: Morfologia krwi u osób po 90 roku zycia.